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Portland’s mayor and acting police chief on Friday urged the public to safely stand up to the black bloc group of violent demonstrators who continue to plan “direct actions” around the city that routinely end with shattered windows, fires and other vandalism. Both said they believe residents are fed up watching the threats and destruction by a small group of “self-described anarchists.” “They want to burn,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said. “They want to bash, like they did to the nonprofit Boys and Girls Club in Northeast. Really they want to intimidate. They want to assault. “If BLM leaders can show the courage to stand up to this mob, then we all should. ... Make a stand and take our city back,” he said. Wheeler asked residents to note the license plates of people who drive to the events in various neighborhoods and then don all black clothing and grab shields or weapons from their cars. Share those license numbers with police, he said. If people overhear others bragging about the...

A Texas babysitter has been charged with capital murder after telling police he used 'several wrestling-style moves and a football hold' on a one-year-old boy who later died. Marvin Rex Lake, 24, was arrested following the death of Ahren Joshua DeHart who suffered multiple injuries, including a fractured skull, brain damage and hemorrhaging of the lung. Lake, of El Paso, is initially said to have told police he had no idea how the boy was hurt, KFOX14 reports. But he later admitted carrying out the wrestling moves and putting him in a football hold after getting upset that at DeHart had ripped a pillow, cops say. Lake is said to have admitted anger issues, saying he did not know his own strength. Police say he later insisted: 'I did not hurt his head. I only caused the internal injuries.' The victim was being watched by Lake, along with two other children, on April 13 while their mothers were at work. In a video call with the mom of the other children earlier in the...

The teen who shot up an Indianapolis FedEx facility and killed eight people was reportedly part of a bizarre Internet subculture obsessed with “My Little Pony.” Posts on Brandon Hole’s since-taken-down Facebook page appear to indicate he was a member of the “Bronies” community — a group of mostly adult men who are extreme fans of the kiddie toys and animated television show, the Wall Street Journal reported. Some members are sexually attracted to the characters, while the group also has allegedly displayed far-right tendencies. “I hope that I can be with Applejack in the afterlife, my life has no meaning without her,” Hole wrote on his Facebook page at 10:19 p.m. Thursday, less than an hour before his rampage began, the outlet reported. The post included a photo of Applejack, a blond pony that is a main character on the show. “Brony online culture has displayed elements of far-right and white nationalist extremism,” the memo stated.AP The name Brony is a mashup between “bro”...

Kobili Traoré killed an Orthodox Jewish woman in 2018 by throwing her off her balcony in Paris. France's top court has ruled that he will not go on trial because he was in a drug-induced psychosis. Cannabis was found in Traoré's blood after he was taken into custody for the killing. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. France's top court ruled on Wednesday that the killer of an elderly Jewish woman will not go on trial, France24 reported. Kobili Traoré admitted to murdering his neighbor, Sarah Halimi, in 2017. He shouted "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great" in Arabic, and "I killed the devil," shortly before throwing her off the balcony of her third-floor Paris apartment, The New York Times said. On Wednesday, the Court of Cassation - France's final court of appeal - affirmed two prior judgments that ruled that Traoré could not be held criminally responsible for his actions because he was in a state of drug-induced psychosis. Traoré, a drug dealer, smoked pot every day for...

David Moye ·Reporter, HuffPost Fri, April 9, 2021, 11:56 AM·2 min read A Michigan home inspector has been touched with criminal charges after he allegedly masturbated with an Elmo doll while on the job in a child’s bedroom. Kevin Wayne VanLuven, 59, of Clarkston, was arraigned Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of aggravated indecent exposure and malicious destruction of property under $200, according to Detroit Fox affiliate WJBK. He was booked into the Oakland County jail on $2,500 bond. VanLuven, hired by homebuyers to inspect a home in Oxford Township on March 12, was allowed into the house with the buyers’ real estate agent by the owners, who left while the inspection was underway. While she was out, one of the owners received a webcam alert on her phone that movement had been detected in the nursery. That’s when she saw VanLuven masturbating, according to The Smoking Gun. But that’s not all. As the camera recorded, VanLuven picked up the Elmo from the floor “and appeared to...

The photos did not look pleasant at all as 99-year-old Prince Philip looked so sick and struggling to keep his eyes opened and his mouth closed. READ ALSO: Queen Elizabeth’s Husband Prince Philip Dies Aged 99 At age 98 in 2019, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall arrived at Sandringham in time to meet Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, following his four-night stay in hospital. Even after his death, the nature of his illness is not known in public but in 2012 and 2017 he was admitted to hospital with bladder infections. He was also at the King Edward VII Hospital in 2018 for a hip replacement, spending 11 days there. READ ALSO: Meghan And Prince Harry Make Their First Appearance As Married Couple For Prince Charles’ 70th Birthday Some social media users are saying the Duke of Edinburgh had a serious illness that the royal family refused to disclose and his sickness made him look like a scarecrow before his death. Meanwhile Meghan Markle is trending on twitter...